I am planning to build a water cooled system that will be OC'd heavily. For the moment I only have the case, Azza Solana 1000 and PSU 850W Azza PSU.
Here is my plan:
MSI 790FX-GD70
Athlon II X4 620
2*2GB DDR3 1600
Quad CrossFire MSI 4670
Intel X25-M80GB SSD for OS
4-5 Spindle Raid 5 for Media (Pictures, Video)
My goal is building an expandable system and most likely I will buy the parts over time. I am building this system for fun and not particular reason such as gaming. It is more like experimentation.
My case is very well ventilated so I believe it can easily handle multiple spindles and graphic cards. I will most likely water cool the CPU and the NG chip. Noise is concern for me. I expect the computer to be completely quiet when there is no load. When there is load, I don't mind a little bit noise which can be curtailed by slow music. I guess this would be around 40-45db.
As you see I have fully loaded full tower so I want to put the radiator out from the box. I think that would be much more efficient. I am planning to use swiftech based solution because of affordable quality unless someone can show me a working affordable combined solution.
For the moment, I consider:
Swiftech MCR220-QP Res
Swiftech MCP655™ 12 VDC Pump
Swiftech Apogee GTZ Extreme Performance CPU Waterblock - Core i7
Swiftech MCRES-Micro Rev 2
Arctic Fan 12 PWM - ACF12PWM
Tygon R-3400 1/2" ID 3/4" OD - UV Resistant black Tubing
Distilled Water + Anti Freeze (3 part Water 1 part AF)
My questions/considerations are:
1. I need the radiator sticking up rather than going down. This will let me use the predrilled holes and have clearance for VGA inputs hence I got the radiator with reservoir. Unfortunately, I cannot use 320 radiator because it will stick up behind the case. I read that 220 is not enough for most over clocked systems. I am planning to use high end Phenom cpu's with this system in the future. Based on this what do you say? 220 would be the killer bottleneck? Is there an alternative radiator I can use with my case?
2. Do I need the MCRES given that that Radiator has already reservoir?
3. What do you think about the tubing? It seems like PVC tubing does not have good quality.
4. I am planning to use AF mixed with distilled water. Any alternative or additional additivies?
5. I want the fans and the pump go faster based on the coolant and/or cpu temperature. Is there a way to achieve this?
6. I have PC's that lasted way over 10 years. What is the durability of water cooling parts? Do the tubes, pumps leak and kill the system? I read that distilled water will not kill the PC circuits. Don't the additives make coolant conductive hence dangerous for the circuitry?
Thanks for all the suggestions....
Here is my plan:
MSI 790FX-GD70
Athlon II X4 620
2*2GB DDR3 1600
Quad CrossFire MSI 4670
Intel X25-M80GB SSD for OS
4-5 Spindle Raid 5 for Media (Pictures, Video)
My goal is building an expandable system and most likely I will buy the parts over time. I am building this system for fun and not particular reason such as gaming. It is more like experimentation.
My case is very well ventilated so I believe it can easily handle multiple spindles and graphic cards. I will most likely water cool the CPU and the NG chip. Noise is concern for me. I expect the computer to be completely quiet when there is no load. When there is load, I don't mind a little bit noise which can be curtailed by slow music. I guess this would be around 40-45db.
As you see I have fully loaded full tower so I want to put the radiator out from the box. I think that would be much more efficient. I am planning to use swiftech based solution because of affordable quality unless someone can show me a working affordable combined solution.
For the moment, I consider:
Swiftech MCR220-QP Res
Swiftech MCP655™ 12 VDC Pump
Swiftech Apogee GTZ Extreme Performance CPU Waterblock - Core i7
Swiftech MCRES-Micro Rev 2
Arctic Fan 12 PWM - ACF12PWM
Tygon R-3400 1/2" ID 3/4" OD - UV Resistant black Tubing
Distilled Water + Anti Freeze (3 part Water 1 part AF)
My questions/considerations are:
1. I need the radiator sticking up rather than going down. This will let me use the predrilled holes and have clearance for VGA inputs hence I got the radiator with reservoir. Unfortunately, I cannot use 320 radiator because it will stick up behind the case. I read that 220 is not enough for most over clocked systems. I am planning to use high end Phenom cpu's with this system in the future. Based on this what do you say? 220 would be the killer bottleneck? Is there an alternative radiator I can use with my case?
2. Do I need the MCRES given that that Radiator has already reservoir?
3. What do you think about the tubing? It seems like PVC tubing does not have good quality.
4. I am planning to use AF mixed with distilled water. Any alternative or additional additivies?
5. I want the fans and the pump go faster based on the coolant and/or cpu temperature. Is there a way to achieve this?
6. I have PC's that lasted way over 10 years. What is the durability of water cooling parts? Do the tubes, pumps leak and kill the system? I read that distilled water will not kill the PC circuits. Don't the additives make coolant conductive hence dangerous for the circuitry?
Thanks for all the suggestions....